3D Streaks

In this tutorial, Corey explores the possibilities when using Photoshop CS4 Extended’s 3D tools by creating 3D streaks that wrap around each other.

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

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47 Comments

Xavous said on — March 13, 2009 @ 4:00 pm

nice!
John said on — March 13, 2009 @ 4:26 pm

incredible!
Elias elias.rocker said on — March 13, 2009 @ 5:24 pm

thats my teacher
I love your work, are there tutorials in illustrator ???
$$Aleqs$$ said on — March 13, 2009 @ 6:03 pm

THE BEST!
Djphoto said on — March 13, 2009 @ 9:29 pm

amazing tutorials!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Congratulations
Stefan Klein said on — March 14, 2009 @ 6:07 am

Great as always! Hope we gonna see more 3D stuff in the future.
piddez said on — March 14, 2009 @ 7:16 pm

Nice !
Dont ever stop these tutorials. I love ´m
Slawek Jarocki said on — March 15, 2009 @ 7:29 am

Amazing job!!!!!!!!
Sohail Qamar said on — March 15, 2009 @ 10:06 am

It’s really brilliant I have seen so many tutorials, but the way you explain new ideas it’s is really cool. I learnt so many new ideas from you thank you so much from all of your students.
Karl-Franz said on — March 15, 2009 @ 2:12 pm

Corey, as usual, your creativity and talent put the rest of the Photoshop Guys to shame. Keep up the great work!

P.S. One of these days, I’ll get you to stop saying “really cool stuff”. It’s kind of redundant anyway, since everything you create IS really cool stuff.

Cheers.
David W. said on — March 15, 2009 @ 3:53 pm

Neat. Thanks for sharing your talent with us lowly beginners.
Ruben said on — March 16, 2009 @ 9:09 pm

yo, Super
Ches said on — March 17, 2009 @ 10:31 pm

Amazing! I love your tutorials with a passion, and one with on the 3d of CS4 really excites me.

Though, I have an issue.. I can’t seem to find or lack the 3d axis widget.
Pavi said on — March 18, 2009 @ 2:44 am

nice

Thanks Sir.
Erick Gerson said on — March 19, 2009 @ 2:01 pm

This is the best Tutorial ¡Congratulations Corey¡
Ray Cornelius said on — March 19, 2009 @ 8:00 pm

I’d really like to see some more 3d Tutorials. This one is sweet, as usual. Keep them coming.
Bonehead said on — March 24, 2009 @ 11:49 pm

Very nice, but too fast for me. I kept having to stop and rewind and a stop again. And then there were problems when I tried to do “Paths” >> “Stroke Paths”. It was grayed out. So I’m dead in the water right there. I find this happening often in tutorials. It would be nice to have a short blurb with “hey if stroke paths is grayed out do this. I did watch the whole tutorial 2x, but that was all I could do since my stroke path wasn’t an option.
Dave Gill said on — March 26, 2009 @ 1:17 pm

Thank God you speak quickly. I am only an amateur but find the pacing of most tutorials to be waaay toooo slooow. Excellent work!
Art said on — March 31, 2009 @ 4:35 pm

Very Nice thank u
Ivar said on — April 1, 2009 @ 1:00 pm

Corey, great fan of your work here. I particularly like your design creativity in After Effects.
One quick thing… what is the name of the font you used in this tutorial? I am seeing the tutorial in a very small screen and I cannot make up the name of the font. Excellent work, thank you
xea said on — April 3, 2009 @ 11:49 am

Thanks very much for this nice tutorial!
Kareem said on — April 15, 2009 @ 1:09 am

Great Tutorial, just have one problem, for one reason or another when i try to group my 3D objects the option is grayed out. an im sure ive selected the corect layers. So if you could shed some light on the issue that would be great!
ofer said on — April 15, 2009 @ 12:23 pm

i tried to delete some parts of the streaks but i couln’t delete them.
i tried to delete using the Earase tool but its impossible to do it.

does anyone know why?
Lloyd said on — April 15, 2009 @ 10:26 pm

Nice tutorial and a honest man!
Tim Ahlen said on — April 16, 2009 @ 7:30 pm

You should make a link to the .psd to every tut. =) So u can download it and start with playing with the finnished one =)
Corey Barker said on — April 20, 2009 @ 10:55 am

If using a 3D layer, you will need to edit the mask image applied to the Opacity property in the 3D panel.
Corey Barker said on — April 20, 2009 @ 10:56 am

Do make sure you only have 2 3D layers selected at a time.
Darrell said on — April 22, 2009 @ 2:53 pm

Excellent idea and I’m trying to incorporate it into a design as we speak. However, I do not seem to be able to rotate my layers like you can. I do not have a 3D axis for rotation and scaling on my screen. I can rotate with the info bar on the top of the screen but it is hit or miss and not very intuitive.

Every time I open photoshop, I get a warning that my video card is not to date and a similar warning when I try to create the 3D shape. When I try to go to the website it will not allow me to connect. Is my video card part of my problem?
Alex Chan said on — April 23, 2009 @ 11:18 pm

I experienced the same problem: I couldn’t merge 3d layers, and I’m sure that I have selected the correct layers, but the Merge 3D layers option is grayed out.
Alex Chan said on — April 23, 2009 @ 11:57 pm

Problem solved!!!! When the Merge 3D Layers option is grayed out. You must synchronize the camera view of the original layer with the target layer. First select the 3D camera tool, in the options bar (usually under the top menu), choose the view (scroll the option until you find the name of the target layer) in the original layer. Now Merge 3D Layers option is available.
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ramya said on — May 7, 2009 @ 6:01 am

thank you, superb creativity
RUGRLN said on — May 16, 2009 @ 10:27 am

Dude, you are simply the best. You totally fricken rock!
RUGRLN said on — May 16, 2009 @ 10:37 am

Dude, this tutorial is damn creative I dunno how you came up with it but this totally rocks!! You really put PsUserTv to shame…..you rock dude….you rock…your da best!!!
FilzFotoShop said on — June 3, 2009 @ 11:01 am

Good Stuff!!!!
DonTrini said on — June 6, 2009 @ 8:46 pm

hey nice tutorial
like to work with 3D
but what font is that u were using?
Ranger said on — June 16, 2009 @ 7:06 am

First class tutorial I would like to see more 3D stuff Many thanks Ranger
Zack said on — June 16, 2009 @ 2:58 pm

I noticed a couple individuals brought up this problem and I briefly ran into it when working with 3D objects … areas grayed out so that you could not access those features. The simplest solution is often this: Make sure you’re working in RGB, not CMYK.

I really enjoyed the 3D tutorial.
Thanks!
Kyle said on — June 25, 2009 @ 6:45 pm

I don’t have that brush… where do I get the brush?
ahmad said on — July 4, 2009 @ 12:47 pm

hi im using CS2 and when i draw the line with the pen tool and then click paths and then click the arrows it does not show the stroke path menu?? why??
Bob said on — July 15, 2009 @ 7:03 pm

I’m running CS4 but it’s refusing to simulate pen pressure for some reason. Anybody have an answer to my problem?
I followed this tutorial on the CS4 and my school and had no problems at all, but on my computer at home my CS4 just won’t let my brush simulate the pen pressure so I just get a bulky line. Please help.
Henry said on — July 27, 2009 @ 1:29 am

I dont have the brushes, where do i get them?
adam said on — July 30, 2009 @ 4:42 pm

OH MY GOD!
Nice.
By the way, do only the 4th cs version has the 3D menu?
I currently use the 2nd one, the cs2 and I don’t have it.
Grant said on — July 31, 2009 @ 10:06 pm

Awesome tutorial mate, your demonstration was perfect and helped a great deal
Myshiloh said on — August 21, 2009 @ 9:22 am

I love your tutorials but I ran into trouble right away with this. Like Ches, from a message March 17, I have no widget showing up and have found no way to make it show. Kind of makes things go dead in the water early in the adventure! Any idea how to get that working (on PC) ? Also, for experienced users, your speed is probably great but for those of use who are more inexperienced, it takes time to work through every single move and find the controls or buttons so, in my case, I have to hit pause with about every sentence you say until I’ve had time to find and do for myself. It is better than dealing with a too-slow speaker, but a slight slowdown or momentary pauses wouldn’t hurt.
Robicus said on — August 23, 2009 @ 3:27 pm

This was my first CS4 PS tutorial, and it was a blast! Easy to follow and very helpful – thanks again!
John Hopkins said on — November 25, 2009 @ 4:10 pm

Thanks Alex Chan, I have been struggling to merge the 3D layers as Corey did in this tutorial for some time – now it works fine (so easy when you know how)